Birth: Hamburg, 1985
https://www.aylinzaptcioglu.com/

Born in 1985 in Hamburg, Germany, the artist currently lives and works in

Istanbul. Following her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in 2007,Zaptçıoğlu continued and completed her studies in the Department of Painting at the Mimar Sinan Academy of Fine Arts in 2008.

While observing the shifting balances of nature in her paintings, Aylin Zaptçıoğlu also explores the unsettling position of humankind as it separates itself from nature. In addition to working with oil on canvas and printmaking, the artist also creates three-dimensional works using various materials, placing human interiority at the core of her practice.

Her solo exhibitions are Evin Art Gallery (Istanbul 2011 ve 2013), “Possibilities” (2014, Evin Art Gallery), “Fest and Feast” (2016, Evin Art Gallery) and “Good Bad Hot Cold”  (2018, Öktem & Aykut Gallery). Among the exhibitions Aylin Zaptçıoğlu participated in are ‘Forest of Utopia’ (2009, Bodio Lomnago, Italy), El Burro, (2009, Zacatecas, Mexico), “The Celestial Sphere” (2010, Bodio Lomnago, Italy), Kimera, (2018, x-ist, Istanbul)

 

 

 

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Oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm

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Oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm

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Gouache and watercolor on duralite, 27 x 52.5...

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Gouache and watercolor on duralite, 32.5 x 46...

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Gouache and watercolor on duralite, 28 x 58.5...

Compassion

Seramik, pigment | Ceramic, pigment, 35 x 35 ...

Rage

Seramik, pigment | Ceramic, pigment, 35 x 35 ...

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Oil on canvas, 80 x 110 cm

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Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm

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Polymer clay, copper, brass, concrete, 140 x ...

Mother

Stoneware, pigment, 41 x 52 x 24 cm

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Brass copper, 27.5Ø x 23 cm

Doctor's Lady II

Pigment, fabric, glass beads, 10 x 32 x 12.5 ...

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Stoneware, pigment, 19 x 18.5 x 14.5

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Stoneware, pigment, 12.5 Ø x 12 cm

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Stoneware, pigment, 13 Ø x 16.5 cm

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Stoneware, pigment, polymer clay, 20 x 17 x 1...

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Stoneware, pigment, 18 x 11 cm

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Pine needle, rayon thread, wax, Various sizes

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Wood, putty, brass, 18.5 x 22.5 x 10.5 cm

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Papier mache, concrete plaster, wood putty, 2...

Dedicated to Azra Erhat

Oil on canvas, 40x40 cm, 2018

Last Day of the Zoo

Oil on canvas, 170 x 235 cm, 2016

Escape ll

Oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm, 2016

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Oil on canvas, 130 x 105 cm, 2016

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Oil on canvas, 132x91 cm, 2018

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Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm, 2018

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Oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm, 2018